7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz @ Ryan's after kids' time. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: dank, some herbal and flowery notes, juicy. Taste: along the same nice with nice juiciness and interesting fruity notes. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2023
at 06:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(946ml crowler from the brewery) Pours opaque slightly creamy mauve with a loose bubbly lavender head and some fine fruit pulp 'lace'. Aroma of Rubus berries with a bit of bright raspberry acidity, but more on the deeper earthier blackberry tip with blueberry feeding in, quite prominent graham cracker, a little floral vanilla. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and light tart, lead by the blend of berries expected, again with a little raspberry brightness over top of the deeper earthier dark berries, graham quite prominent from middle of sip to finish, soft floral vanilla, maple isn't really obvious and it certainly isn't cloyingly sweet. Finish is dominated by graham cracker with blackberry and light tannin, a little lactic yoghurty feeling as well, slighlty dry into the finish with the cracker being a little powdery. Medium-full mouthfeel for style, lightly creamy, below average carbonation, some berry pips and a slight grittiness from the crackers that could have been smoothed out. Fun graham and berry concotion, not overly sweet for a pastry smoothie, the nature of the cracker harms the texture a bit but the flavour is top notch.
Tried
from Crowler
on 07 Nov 2023
at 02:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(473ml can from the brewery) Pours very lightly hazed deep gold with a decent white head showing retention without lace. Aroma is tangerine as expected, citrus zest and pith, some ripe and slighly funky mango, a little catty pineapple vibes (El Dorado?). Flavour is nearly dry and a touch acidic from the dominant tangerine pulp, light but present citrus pith, light sweet mango, retiring malt backbone, touches of resinous El Dorado into the finish without hop burn, finish is tangerine pulp and a little citrus zest. Light bodied, a touch watery for the ABV, above average slightly fizzy carb. Nice fruit component, enjoyable, refreshing, a little light overall however.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2023
at 00:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(473ml can from the brewery) Pours very hazy medium yellow with a decent white head that has some retention and spotty lace. Aroma of fuzzy peach, lime zest, Sprite, passionfruit, some musky dank Riwaka backbeats. Flavour is fairly dry and bright, lots of lime, underripe peach, passionfruit florals, citrus pith, crackery cereals, touch of honeyed sweetness but not much, finish is lime and grapefruit with touches of honey florals, light Riwaka dankness, pithy, low bitterness, touch of peppery hop burn in the aftertaste but well-balanced. Mouthfeel is light, a touch watery, above average carbonation. Nice hop profile on this one but it's a bit too light in mouthfeel and concentration, and drinks more like an APA.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2023
at 22:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Oct 24/23) Pours rather hazy bright yellow-gold with a decent white head and spotty lace. Aroma is bright and citrus-forward, lots of meyer lemon and lime zest, pale citrus pulp, leafy dankness, pine hits, a little sweet tropical fruit in behind, clean yeast. Flavour is lightly sweet at best, bright and crisp pale citrus, lemon-lime axis with some grapefruit, soft peach, fresh pine, a touch of cannabis, drying finish with light to moderate citrus peel and pine resin bitterness with some minerality (overcarb). Light body, above average carbonation, touch watery. Like the hop profile here a lot, a little bit missing in mouthfeel but the flavours are great.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2023
at 00:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ the brewpub, Oct 24/23) Pours very hazy orange-gold with a thick eggshell head and some lace. Aroma is strongly of canned fruit cocktail, featuring pineapple and peach with sweet orange, some perfumed floral notes, smooth fruity yeast and brioche malt. Flavour is again fairly sweet up front with a lot of canned pineapple and peach, sweet orange, candied cherries, ripe mango, brioche, finishing off-dry with fairly light herbal leafy bitterness. Medium-plus body, very oily, average carbonation. Good but a little too deep into the canned fruit for me, felt rather rich for 6.7% but also a touch cloying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2023
at 00:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
(On tap @ the brewpub, Oct 24/23) Pours deep gold with a decent and stable white head with some lace. Aroma is really driven by dried apricot, that almost funky/sulphurous pungency it has clearly present, dried mango as well, herbal accents, soft malt. Flavour follows the nose in that it's driven heavily by the dried fruit, sugary in perception but not overly sweet, again the certain funkiness that the two dried fruits use, some peachy sweetness, touch of acidity from the apricot, herbal accents, a bit earthy, soft malt, finish is very low-bitterness, off-dry, touch of fruity tang. Medium-bodied, oily to creamy, soft carbonation. Fairly unique for a fruited IPA in the extent to which it really communicates dried fruit, making it a touch funky and wild in impression. Cool stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2023
at 00:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a clear pale yellow color lager with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal notes with some light sugar notes and lemony dry hoppy notes. Taste is also a mix of cereal notes with some lemony dry hoppy notes with some faint residual sugar notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Refreshing lager with good drinkability and nice use of NZ hops.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2023
at 18:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,473l can from Ales & Brews online store. Hazy yellow beer with huge and creamy head. Aroma has hops, dank and exotic fruits. Flavor has ripe fruits, dank, hops. Juicy, smoothy, slight bitternes. Good one, even if bit old.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2023
at 16:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can sourced from Beerdome and drunk at home (22/09/2023) - New 🇨🇦 brewery ✅ dealing out vibrant juicy fruity goodness with layers of papaya, lychee, tangerine, melon, set upon a bed of semi sweet creamy malts, robust light balanced bitter hoppy close. Great first impression.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2023
at 09:21